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As Monarch butterflies finished their tardy, impressive sweep through Texas in early November demonstrating a 2014 population rebound, those in the Monarch community debated the wisdom of listing the …

It was a “Monarch-u-mental” weekend of tagging butterflies on the Llano River in the Texas Hill Country. Cold, winds and storms halted the butterflies southward journey and made for full nets and great tagging. Hopeful signs of a rebound. …

No woman is an island, but this caterpillar had his own—right in the middle of the Llano River. A quick kayak tour on Friday revealed another first in my eight years of tagging and monitoring Monarch …

It takes a village to keep the Monarch butterfly migration going. Last week I discovered dozens of Monarch butterfly eggs at the ranch when a cold front pushed a vanguard pulse of migrants down to the …

Monika, ….I would love to see the migration at the Llano River. We have a 5th wheel [travel trailer] and have camped at the KOA on the Llano River in Junction, Texas…. Is this the area where we would …

Here they come! The migration is on for Monarch butterflies. Further north, folks are already tagging the seasonal migrants, but here in Texas, we’ll have to wait for mid October to enjoy the masses of flying Monarchs. …

oth week is behind us and next up on the pollinator calendar is the Monarch butterfly migration. The storied insects start moving south on their 3,000-mile fall migration from Canada to Mexico around …